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108 Getting started with InfoSphere Data Architect 6.1 Reporting, importing, and exporting: The big picture When you create reports within the workbench, you can provide information on all or part of a model; that is, a list of objects and their relationships. IBM InfoSphere Data Architect provides a wide range of built-in reports or templates for your logical, physical, domain, and glossary models. Figure 6.1 illustrates the big picture of reporting and import/export. Figure 6.1 – Reporting, importing, and exporting in the workbench The left side of Figure 6.1 illustrates the import and export capabilities of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect. The import feature of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect allows you to convert the data model from another tool into either a physical data model or logical data model in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect. The export feature of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect allows you to convert either a physical data model or logical data model in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect to the format that is supported by other tool that you want to export the data model to. The right side of Figure 6.1 illustrates the reporting capabilities of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect. You can generate reports for your logical, physical, domain, and glossary models in 6 different formats: HTML, PDF, PowerPoint, Excel, Word (.doc), and PostScript. Note: You can only import or export physical or logical data models or domain models.
Chapter 6 – Generating Reports, Importing, and Exporting 109 6.2 An insight into reporting The reporting feature of IBM InfoSphere Data Architect allows you to generate reports that help you analyze a data model or a package. There are various built-in templates available in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect which can be used to generate a report. You will see the information related to various built-in templates in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect in the next section. Reporting in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect is done via two methods: • Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) reporting • XSLT reporting BIRT reports are a widely used reporting format in IBM InfoSphere Data Architect. It gives greater flexibility and more options for the output format of a report. It supports multiple output formats. XSLT reports only support PDF output. IBM InfoSphere Data Architect supports various built-in templates to generate reports for your logical, physical, glossary and mapping models. The file extension for a BIRT report template is .rptdesign, and for an XSLT report, the file extension is .xsl. Note: You can also create your own report templates. You will create one later in the Exercise section of this chapter. 6.3 Generating a BIRT report Let's learn how to create a BIRT report by using an existing data model. We will use the existing STUDENT_INFO_SYSTEM.dbm physical data model to create a report in HTML format with the Physical Data Model report type. First, you will see how easy it is to generate a physical data model report. Then, you will learn how to customize your reports by using the Report Design perspective to specify the data objects for which to create a report. 6.3.1 Generating a basic physical data model report When you create a report model template, you can re-use them to produce reports that contain the same information and basic formatting. This helps you provide a consistent experience when presenting model reports to business process owners. Use the Report Configurations window to create a report of your existing physical data model: 1. Click Run -> Report -> Report Configurations. The Report Configurations window opens. 2. Double-click the BIRT Report option in the left pane. A new report configuration is created and opens in the Report Configurations window. 3. Specify the options for the report: a. In the Name field, specify SDT_Info_Sys.
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